A series of eight books is called an octology.
The word ‘trilogy’ means ‘a series of three works’. It comes from the Greek trilogia, which is made from two word-forming elements: tri- meaning ‘three’ and logia, which is from logos, meaning ‘story’, ‘idea’, ‘speech’.
In order to find a corresponding word that means ‘a series of eight works’, we just replace tri- with the Greek numeral prefix meaning ‘eight’, which is octo-. Hence, an octology is a series of eight works (or books).
Other words for series’ of works
| A series of two works | duology |
| A series of three works | trilogy |
| A series of four works | tetralogy |
| A series of five works | pentalogy |
| A series of six works | hexalogy |
| A series of seven works | heptalogy |
| A series of eight works | octology |
| A series of nine works | ennealogy |
| A series of ten works | decalogy |
| A series of eleven works | hendecalogy |
| A series of twelve works | dodecalogy |